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Marlins MIA

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GM: Larry Beinfest

Overview

WINDOW ↗ rising
cheap & winning · year 4 in this regime · payroll 0.77× league · TAB +13.7
+13.7TAB — talent above budget2nd/30
+12.5WAB — realized wins (TAB + luck)4th/30
11.0depth — 2+ WAR regulars2nd/30
-5.4dead WAR — sub-replacement drag15th/30
25%dead money %10th/30
0.562win %7th/30
44.7roster fWAR6th/30
+28surplus $M (value vs cost)1st/30
$53Mpayroll $M19th/30

2003: World Series champions · 91–71. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.

Roster

CFJuan Pierre 161GGerald Williams 2GChad Allen 1G
LFTodd Hollandsworth 61GMiguel Cabrera 55GJeff Conine 31G
RFJuan Encarnacion 155GBrian Banks 10GTodd Hollandsworth 3G
SSÁlex González 150GMike Mordecai 14GAndy Fox 9G
2BLuis Castillo 152GAndy Fox 15GMike Mordecai 12G
3BMike Lowell 128GMiguel Cabrera 34GMike Mordecai 12G
1BDerrek Lee 155GBrian Banks 12GAndy Fox 2G
STARTERSJosh Beckett 4.0WARDontrelle Willis 3.9WARMark Redman 3.4WARCarl Pavano 3.2WARBrad Penny 3.1WAR
CIvan Rodriguez 138GMike Redmond 37GRamon Castro 18G
DHMike Lowell 2GBrian Banks 1GRamon Castro 1G
BULLPEN★ Ugueth Urbina 32svChad Fox 7hArmando Almanza 6hTim Spooneybarger 6hNate Bump 6hBlaine Neal 2hAllen Levrault 1hBraden Looper 0h
CIvan Rodriguez 138 · Mike Redmond 37 · Ramon Castro 18
1BDerrek Lee 155 · Brian Banks 12 · Andy Fox 2
2BLuis Castillo 152 · Andy Fox 15 · Mike Mordecai 12
3BMike Lowell 128 · Miguel Cabrera 34 · Mike Mordecai 12
SSÁlex González 150 · Mike Mordecai 14 · Andy Fox 9
LFTodd Hollandsworth 61 · Miguel Cabrera 55 · Jeff Conine 31
CFJuan Pierre 161 · Gerald Williams 2 · Chad Allen 1
RFJuan Encarnacion 155 · Brian Banks 10 · Todd Hollandsworth 3
DHMike Lowell 2 · Brian Banks 1 · Ramon Castro 1
SPJosh Beckett 4.0 · Dontrelle Willis 3.9 · Mark Redman 3.4 · Carl Pavano 3.2 · Brad Penny 3.1
BP★ Ugueth Urbina 32 · Chad Fox 7 · Armando Almanza 6 · Tim Spooneybarger 6 · Nate Bump 6 · Blaine Neal 2 · Allen Levrault 1 · Braden Looper 0

Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

2003 roster — value & surplus

PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Luis Castillo 27 FA-elig 1524.9 4.8 +3.8
Ivan Rodriguez 31 FA-elig 1444.5 10.0 -2.1
Juan Pierre 25 arb 1624.2 1.0 +6.4
Mike Lowell 29 arb 1304.1 3.7 +3.6
Josh Beckett 23 pre-arb 244.0 1.7 +5.4
Dontrelle Willis 21 pre-arb 273.9 0.2 +6.7
Derrek Lee 27 FA-elig 1553.8 4.2 +2.5
Mark Redman 29 arb 293.4 2.1 +3.9
Carl Pavano 27 arb 333.2 1.5 +4.1
Brad Penny 25 arb 333.1 1.9 +3.7
Álex González 26 arb 1502.7 1.7 +3.1
Braden Looper 28 arb 741.3 1.6 +0.7
Ugueth Urbina↔ TEX 29 FA-elig 331.1 2.1 -0.1
Tommy Phelps 29 pre-arb 271.0 0.3 +1.5
Miguel Cabrera 20 pre-arb 870.8 0.2 +1.3
Tim Spooneybarger 23 pre-arb 330.7 0.3 +0.9
Chad Fox↔ BOS 32 FA-elig 210.6 0.3 +0.9
Jeff Conine↔ BAL 37 FA-elig 250.6 0.7 +0.4
Michael Tejera 26 arb 500.5 0.3 +0.7
Brian Banks 32 FA-elig 920.5 0.3 +0.7
Ramon Castro 27 arb 400.5 0.3 +0.6
Rick Helling↔ BAL 32 FA-elig 110.3 0.3 +0.2
A.J. Burnett 26 arb 40.2 2.5 -2.2
Lenny Harris↔ CHC 38 FA-elig 130.0 0.1 -0.0
Blaine Neal 25 pre-arb 180.0 0.3 -0.3
Kevin Olsen 26 – 70.0 – –
Allen Levrault 25 – 19-0.0 – –
Toby Borland 34 – 7-0.0 – –
Juan Encarnacion 27 FA-elig 156-0.0 3.5 -3.5
Chad Allen 28 – 12-0.1 – –
Justin Wayne 24 pre-arb 2-0.2 0.3 -0.6
Juan Alvarez 29 – 9-0.2 – –
Gerald Williams 36 FA-elig 27-0.4 0.3 -1.1
Nate Bump 26 – 32-0.4 – –
Mike Redmond 32 arb 59-0.5 1.1 -1.9
Armando Almanza 30 arb 51-0.5 0.8 -1.6
Todd Hollandsworth 30 FA-elig 93-0.5 1.5 -2.4
Mike Mordecai 35 FA-elig 65-0.5 0.5 -1.4
Vladimir Nunez 28 arb 14-0.9 1.4 -3.1
Andy Fox 32 FA-elig 70-1.1 0.8 -2.7

Key additions (new vs 2002)

PlayerfWAR
Ivan Rodriguez4.5
Juan Pierre4.2
Dontrelle Willis3.9
Mark Redman3.4
Ugueth Urbina1.1
Tommy Phelps1.0

Key subtractions (gone from 2002)

Player2002 fWAR
Cliff Floyd3.1
Preston Wilson1.9
Kevin Millar1.4
Eric Owens1.2
Julian Tavarez0.9
Ryan Dempster0.9

Current & Historical Payroll

2003 payroll
$52.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Ivan Rodriguez3112.000$10.0MFREE AGENT
Luis Castillo277.000$4.8M$4.7M$5.2MFREE AGENT
Derrek Lee276.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
Juan Encarnacion276.000$3.5M$2.3M$4.4MFREE AGENT
Ugueth Urbina298.000$2.1MFREE AGENT
Todd Hollandsworth308.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Andy Fox327.000$800kFREE AGENT
Jeff Conine3713.000$713k$3.0M$3.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Mordecai359.000$500k$425kFREE AGENT
Gerald Williams3611.000$325kFREE AGENT
Rick Helling329.000$314kFREE AGENT
Brian Banks327.000$300kFREE AGENT
Chad Fox326.000$276k$1.2MFREE AGENT
Lenny Harris3815.000$118k$400k$425kFREE AGENT
Toby Borland349.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Mike Lowell295.000$3.7MFREE AGENT
A.J. Burnett264.000$2.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Redman294.000$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Penny253.000$1.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Álex González265.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Braden Looper285.000$1.6MFREE AGENT
Carl Pavano275.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
Vladimir Nunez285.000$1.4MFREE AGENT
Mike Redmond325.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Juan Pierre253.000$1.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Almanza304.000$775kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ramon Castro274.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Michael Tejera264.000$300kARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Allen284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2003200420052006200720082009
Josh Beckett232.000$1.7MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Spooneybarger232.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tommy Phelps290.000$300kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Blaine Neal252.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Wayne241.000$300kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dontrelle Willis210.000$234kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Miguel Cabrera200.000$166kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Alvarez29–—
Allen Levrault25–—
Kevin Olsen262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Bump260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Marlins 2003; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.

What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985

RegimeSeasonsWin %Playoff %Pennant %WS %
WINDOW 28152.131.05.01.1
CONTEND 30056.964.719.710.3
FORCED-SPEND 25648.09.81.61.6
REBUILD 32143.31.20.30.3
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Data: FanGraphs (WAR), Baseball-Reference & the Chadwick Bureau register (rosters, IDs), the Lahman Database, Baseball America prospect rankings (via The Baseball Cube), and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0); bios are original. Emoji graphics by OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
All figures are franchise-level outcomes credited to the decision-maker in the acquisition year — not solely attributable to one executive.